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Getting started with Windows Vista using a keyboard
For the first blog, I wanted share some tips for using just your keyboard to get around Windows Vista. I'm focusing on using the fundamental components of Windows Vista - the parts that appear the...
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Imagine Cup Accessibility winner, WebAnywhere, up for today's Mellow Award
Jeff Bigham and Professor Richard Ladner, from University of Washington, are in D.C. today for the 2008 Mellon Awards Ceremony. Their project, WebAnywhere, is nominated for an award, which celebrates...
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More awareness and recognition of assistive technology
WebAnywhere did indeed win a Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration! Congratulations! You can read about the awards at: http://matc.mellon.org/press-release.
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Want to see your Imagine Cup idea funded? Follow in Team Prognosis’ footsteps!
Way back in August, well before Team Prognosis spent a week on Microsoft campus getting a crash course in business, they had applied for the prestigious Horizon 2020 grant with the European Commission....
View ArticleReaffirming our commitment to accessibility
At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. This mission connects in fundamental ways with how we as a company operate, how we design and...
View ArticlePreview version of Learning Tools for OneNote now available
Today’s classrooms include students with a wide range of abilities. Educators are expected to adapt content to meet the needs of each of their students, including students with learning differences....
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Internet Video Captioning Standards Earn Emmy Awards
On Friday January 8, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences held the 67th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards in Las Vegas. These awards “honor development and innovation...
View ArticleAccessibility Update for Windows 10 Mail
By Kate Everitt, Program Manager, Windows 10 Mail Microsoft is committed to delivering inclusive experiences. As CEO Satya Nadella recently wrote, we are proactively taking steps and implementing a...
View ArticleMaking Windows 10 and Office 365 more accessible: Our path forward
Accessibility is top of mind at Microsoft and two recent blog posts reflect this mindset. The first shares our corporate roadmap to improve accessibility and the second details progress and plans for...
View ArticleAnnouncing Microsoft Sessions at CSUN Conference
Microsoft is pleased to be participating next week at the 31st Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference (CSUN) in San Diego. On Wednesday March 23rd, we are hosting a...
View ArticleSeeing AI: New Technology Research to Support the Blind and Visually Impaired...
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, which includes creating and delivering technology for people of all abilities. As a part of this...
View ArticleImprovements to Narrator in Windows 10
In February, Jenny Lay-Flurrie, chief accessibility officer for Microsoft, reaffirmed our company-wide commitment to accessibility and outlined our guiding principles and goals to improve accessibility...
View ArticleBuilding a More Accessible Web Platform
In February the Edge team shared the roadmap for empowering all Microsoft Edge customers through accessibility and inclusive design. Today, we’re excited to share more about Microsoft Edge’s native...
View ArticleAccessibility and the Windows 10 Free Upgrade
As you may have heard, the free Windows 10 upgrade offer for customers running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 is set to end on July 29, but we want to clarify that that deadline will *not* apply to customers...
View ArticleFurther Details on the Coming Improvements to Narrator in Windows 10
The following blog post was written by Kelly Ford. He is Senior Program Manager on the Windows Accessibility team. We recently blogged about some improvements to Narrator in Windows 10. Now that some...
View ArticleNew Edge Blog: Building a more accessible user experience with HTML5 and UIA
Yesterday the Edge team posted a new blog that walks through ongoing work to advance Edge’s accessibility. The goal is to ensure developers and users can easily get accurate information on platform...
View ArticleGlobal Accessibility Awareness Day 2016: The Power of Awareness
The following blog post was written by Jenny Lay-Flurrie, Microsoft Chief Accessibility Officer. Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), an international day of action to get people...
View ArticleNew Edge Blog: Ensuring high-quality browser accessibility with automation
Yesterday, the Edge team posted a new blog about ensuring high-quality browser accessibility with automated testing. This addition will help ensure accessibility is not accidentally regressed as we...
View ArticleMaking progress on accessibility with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update
With more than one billion people with disabilities in the world, Microsoft is passionate about accessibility and ensuring our products work for all our customers. Today we are excited to share...
View ArticleWhich Imagine Cup World Finalist team will win the Ability Award?
One week from today, one of the 35 Imagine Cup World Finals teams will win the Ability Award. Microsoft Imagine Cup is arguably the world’s premier student technology competition, and the Ability Award...
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